TRANSFER RUMOURS

• Arsenal are considering making an improved bid for French midfielder Houssem Aouar after the Lyon president said their initial offer was too low.
  (Times)



• Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 31, has said he turned down the chance to sign for Barcelona as well as several other clubs to stay with the Gunners.
  (Canal+)



• Bournemouth's Norway forward Joshua King, 28, is being monitored by Tottenham Hotspur as they look to sign a striker before the transfer deadline.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Spurs are also looking at signing Benfica's Switzerland striker Haris Seferovic, 28, on loan.
  (Football Insider)



• AC Milan remain in talks with Tottenham over Ivory Coast right-back Serge Aurier, 27, and have also enquired about Norwich City's 20-year-old English right-back Max Aarons.
  (Daily Mail)



• Manchester United are reportedly rivalling Tottenham for the transfer of Arkadiusz Milik.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester United have made contact with France midfielder N'Golo Kante's advisers about a move from Chelsea, but any deal is dependent on the 29-year-old taking a big cut on his £300,000-a-week wages.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Manchester United are also preparing a final £90m bid to sign England midfielder Jadon Sancho, 20, from Borussia Dortmund this week having missed out on Gareth Bale and Jack Grealish.
  (Daily Mail)



• Paris St-Germain have been in touch with Chelsea over signing Italy midfielder Jorginho, 28, on loan.
  (Daily Mail)



• Manchester City have agreed a £65m deal to sign Ruben Dias, Benfica have announced, with Nicolas Otamendi moving in the opposite direction.
  (Sky Sports)



• Lazio could make a move for two Manchester United midfielders - 32-year-old Spaniard Juan Mata and Brazilian Andreas Pereira, 24.
  (Sun)



• Leeds are targeting Norwich's Todd Cantwell after being priced out of a deal for Udinese's Rodrigo de Paul.
  (Sun)



• Once Benfica's Portugal defender Ruben Dias, 23, confirms his move to Manchester City it could free up City's Spain defender Eric Garcia, 19, to rejoin Barcelona.
  (Sport)



• Aston Villa have made a bid of about £9m for Copenhagen's Danish defender Victor Nelsson, 21.
  (Ekstra Bladet)



• Liverpool will loan out goalkeeping flop Loris Karius for a second time after failing to attract any permanent buyers.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Leicester City are planning a move for Torino's 23-year-old Brazilian centre-back Gleison Bremer, who is also a target for Everton.
  (Football Insider)



• Manchester City have offered 23-year-old Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko, who can play left-back or left-wing, to Barcelona.
  (Mundo Deportivo)



• Barcelona have ended their interest in Inter Milan's Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, 23.
  (Calciomercato)



• Barca are close to completing the signing of Sergino Dest from Ajax, with the United States right-back, 19, set to have a medical in Spain on Monday.
  (Mundo Deportivo)



• Bayern Munich feel betrayed by Ajax because they agreed terms with Dest weeks ago but could not find a compromise with the Dutch club.
  (Sport)

MANAGEMENT STUFF

• Mikel Arteta has admitted he has had to ditch the 'Arsenal way' at times already in his tenure in order to try and achieve the desired results.
  (Daily Mirror)



• Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder hopes to sign a defender after confirming that Jack O'Connell is likely to be out for the season with a knee injury.
  (Sky Sports)



• Jurgen Klopp has said he is satisfied with Liverpool's central defensive options and will not be active in the final week of the transfer window unless a fresh injury problem arises at Anfield.
  (Guardian)

INTERNATIONAL STUFF

• England manager Gareth Southgate will send No 2 Steve Holland to make another check on Jack Grealish at Craven Cottage, ahead of the squad announcement later this week.
  (Daily Telegraph)

OTHER STUFF

• Heung-Min Son will be "out for a while" after suffering a hamstring injury in Tottenham's 1-1 draw against Newcastle, says Jose Mourinho.
  (Sky Sports)



• Talk of Premier League clubs bailing out Championship clubs has raised eyebrows among some top-flight chairmen, as clubs in the second tier have been rejecting offers for players that would boost their incomes.
  (Daily Telegraph)



• Manchester United were forced to pay €5m to Sporting Lisbon after Bruno Fernandes' last-gasp penalty won the points for them against Brighton.
  (Daily Mirror)